Chen Duxiu

Chen Duxiu (8 October 1879-27 May 1942) was General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from July 1921 to July 1928, preceding Xiang Zhongfa.

Biography
Chen Duxiu was born on 8 October 1879 in Anqing, Anhui, Qing dynasty. Duxiu helped to form the Communist Party of China after the Chinese Revolution and the rise of warlords, and he fought against the conservative Kuomintang after 5,400 communists were killed by the Kuomintang in the 1927 Shangha massacre of 1927. He was expelled by the party due to failing to cooperate with the KMT, and Mao Zedong replaced him as the leader. He became a schoolteacher in Chungking in the Republic of China after being released from their prison, and he died in 1942.